Mesmerist by Pam McCutcheon

Author:Pam McCutcheon [McCutcheon, Pam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
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Publisher: Parker Hayden Media
Published: 2014-08-23T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Gina changed from her uniform into a pretty emerald green dress to get ready for dinner with Drake. She didn’t have many clothes here and was sick of wearing the same old thing all the time, so she’d spent some of her wages on a dress down in Hope Springs.

She usually didn’t change for dinner, but felt she needed to acknowledge this day in some way. As of today, she had exactly two months remaining until the winter solstice. Only two months left in which to convince Drake he was going to die.

Not that it would do her much good. Drake’s third lecture last week had gone just as well as his second, so it had generated even more clients for him—more clients who convinced him he needed to stay at the resort. And Lester Suggs was long gone, miffed because Drake had spurned his offer.

Even the Major seemed in cahoots against her. He had given Drake his own office since he was such a draw to the resort, which allowed him to see even greater numbers of clients.

Strangely, now that Gina worked even more with Drake, she seemed to see less and less of him. He was busy with his patients, especially Annabelle who seemed to require a great deal of his time. And if he wasn’t seeing a patient, he was writing notes or reading books. The only chance she really got to talk to him was at dinner each evening.

Esme had set aside a private table for them in the dining room to discuss the day’s cases. It was the one time they were free of their chaperones, since they had convinced the Major that they needed the privacy to discuss Drake’s patients. And since the table was in clear view of the other guests, the Major had agreed.

She joined Drake in the dining room, and thought even Mrs. Biddle couldn’t be worried about them being together now. He had papers and books spread out all over the table and was studying them with such concentration that he didn’t even notice her arrival.

Usually, Gina wouldn’t care if a guy rose when she entered. Heck, she rarely noticed. But she had gotten so used to Drake’s reflexive courtesy that the lack of it annoyed her, and she refused to sit down until he acknowledged her.

But she wasn’t going to wait either. She waved her hand in front of his face and Drake jerked back, to the amusement of the other diners.

“I beg your pardon,” he said, rising. “I didn’t see you there.”

“I know,” Gina said as he held her chair for her. It was kind of humbling. He hadn’t proposed marriage for at least a week either, and she wondered what she had done wrong. Though she refused him every time, she had gotten kind of used to the proposals.

Bridget, who had become their regular waitress, hurried over to take their order. A few of the other girls resented Gina’s elevation from dog handler to receptionist for the resort’s most eligible bachelor, but not Bridget.

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